The Curmudgeon links to a story about a Harvard professor that attacked grade inflation. John comments:

He gives two grades: One that the student "deserves", and another adjusted up to reflect the average grade distribution. It's a bit of a stunt, but not really wacky. One grade has to carry too much weight. What is it supposed to mean? How much one learned? How much one knows? Is it for the students to know how they rank? For the school to determine who should go on to the next course? For graduate schools to decide whom to admit? For potential employers? Why not have one grade to indicate to the student what the teacher actually thinks, and another for public consumption?

A month or so ago John mentioned on his site [cuwu] that the grade inflation police would be after him. I've just finished marking a bunch of exam papers so I know how he feels except in my case it'll probably be the grade deflation police that'll be after me ;-)